Driver, Holstein business charged after truck stop on Highway 6 in West Grey

A truck driver from Hanover and a business in Holstein have been charged after a commercial motor vehicle inspection on Highway 6 in West Grey, Grey Bruce OPP said in a media release.

Members of the OPP's Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) Team stopped the commercial vehicle at about 3:36 p.m. on Oct. 30 on Highway 6 between Grey Road 109 and Watson Drive, police said. During the inspection, officers found numerous problems with the vehicle and its required paperwork, according to the release.

The driver, a 24-year-old Hanover resident, is charged under the Highway Traffic Act with improper brakes on a trailer, improper braking system, insecure load, failing to surrender an inspection schedule, failing to surrender a completed daily inspection schedule, driving without a currently validated permit and having no name on the commercial vehicle. The driver is also charged under the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act with failing to comply with a federal safety standard for an insecure load.

The Holstein business is charged under the Highway Traffic Act with driving without a currently validated permit, improper brakes on a trailer, improper braking system, failing to supply the driver with a daily inspection schedule, failing to ensure the daily inspection was conducted properly, insecure load and having no name on the vehicle. It also faces the same Dangerous Goods Transportation Act charge, police said.

Police did not name the driver or the business. The charges have not been proven in court.

OPP ask anyone who sees a commercial vehicle being driven in an unsafe manner or condition to contact police, and to call 911 in an emergency.